Have been down in the dumps lately - no energy for anything, but today.........here are the first 13 things I accomplished before noon........
1. slept in for the first time in weeks
2. revived three pot-plants that were birthday presents, and which don't like sitting by the front door where the rain doesn't reach
3. remembered to re-schedule a medical appointment
4. rang the dentist and discovered a cancellation for today (ouch...)
5. added clothes to the collection for recycling
6. brushed the cat (his favourite thing apart from eating)
7. paid three bills
8. filed them instead of leaving them on the desk "for later"
9. scrubbed the shower recess
10. made the bed
11. backed up my laptop
12. discovered the kitchen bench under many papers
13. got dressed just before it turned into the afternoon
....which meant that my afternoon was busy too and I made the most of a sunny winter's day. Not exciting things on a world scale, but good enough for me today.
Rosemary, this is for you. This is the Richmond Birdwing butterfly. I fell in love with it a million years ago when I belonged to a Science Club and we raised money to save its habitat. We sold t shirts and I've still got mine, with a very faded print on the front (and a hole where I caught it on something in the garden).
Here's another picture, this time a REAL one.......
Today is so wet underfoot that most of my day has been spent inside, or dashing between raindrops to get under cover (when I did venture out to replenish the pantry shelves). So its inside, heater on, draught stopper against the door, papers spread out on the table........
Thirteen things I have read today are.........
1. The Age, dated Tuesday 11th June, because I forgot it was in the bottom of my basket
2. a business card to check whether a missed call was the person I thought it might have been
3. a recipe book to check ingredients for biscuits I'm making for a friend
4. a text on my phone
5. a letter informing me that I've been called to jury service in a week or two
6. the blurb on the back of a book I cant remember buying
7. The Age, dated Wednesday 12th June, because I knew it was there but I hadn't read the edition from the day before
8. some facebook posts from my friends
9. the list of ingredients on a package
10. my shopping list in the supermarket
11. today's edition of The Age
12. my holiday itinerary
13. a blog post which reminded me that today is Thursday
...and the day is only half way through. But the biscuits are baked and the house smells wonderful, the rain continues to fall, and that new book beckons.
Free association is described as a "psychonanalytic procedure
in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts
and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without
monitoring its content." Over time, this technique is supposed to help
bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then
work through to gain a better sense of self.
That's an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we're just hoping to have a little fun with the technique.
I say ... and you think ... ?
- Rubbish :: bin
- Court :: date
- Bangs :: old fashioned hairstyle
- Affinity :: appreciation
- Wholesome :: bread
- Jessica :: Tandy
- Trumpet :: call
- Treatment :: facial
- Happening :: A blast from the past.......
- Pain :: sadness
I say ... and you think ... ?
- Progress :: change
- Wife :: apron
- Denim :: jacket
- Wow :: factor
- Jacket :: black and white
- Studio :: photographs on a wall
- Boyfriend :: Peter
- Tablet :: I don't want an iPad
- Hidden :: valleys
- Closer :: and closer
After this morning's exercise........13 things about walking
1. walk with a friend
2. keep to the left
3. remember to take water
4. .....and a raincoat
5. don't get between a waterbird and its favourite puddle
6. stop and take in the view
7. look out for bicyclists on a shared path
8. b-r-e-a-t-h-e
9. take the alternative route every other day
10. listen
11. avoid piles of duck poo
12. bring a hankie
13. .....and don't forget which pocket the car keys are in.
1. Things about myself .......
3. Things I would like to get done this month.....
